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Stop calling it an intake form. Please.

Wednesday, 31 August 2016 by John Vlastelica

Intake form. It’s a term I’m embarrassed to say I used for many years. You know, the form you take into a hiring manager meeting, to scope out a new req? There are so many things wrong with “intake form.”

Published in strategy, Talent Advisor, Hiring Manager, recruiter, Recruiting Insights

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HBR Article on Blitzscaling - hiring fast, at scale

Saturday, 14 May 2016 by John Vlastelica

Great article on lessons learned from hiring FAST from Reid Hoffman, founder of PayPal and LinkedIn, and early investor in Facebook.

Published in strategy, Tips, Tech, best practices, Recruiting

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Job Postings Are Not Dead (despite what Zappos is doing) – Part 2

Thursday, 10 July 2014 by Ben Gotkin

Somewhere along the line, recruiting technology became ‘self-aware’, allowing organizations to mindlessly post all of their jobs to job boards globally, big and small. It was in the late 90’s and it was pegged as the solution to our sourcing challenges. For the first time ever, candidates...